Psychomotor speed in a random sample of 7979 subjects aged 30 years and over.
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Background and aims Slowing of psychomotor speed among older individuals has been shown in numerous studies. However, in most cases these studies were based on small and selected groups of people and, in some cases, the test procedures did not allow separation of decision time and motor components of the overall performance. The purpose of the present study was to analyse in a large, randomly selected population sample the differences in decision and movement times in simple and multiple-choice test conditions. The association of educational background with psychomotor speed was also examined. Methods Data on psychomotor speed were collected from a representative nation- wide sample of the Finnish population aged 30 years and over (n=7979) with the help of a computerized device in simple and multiple-choice test conditions, with visual stimuli. Background information (education) was collected by a structured interview. Results Results showed a systematic and significant decline in both decision time and movement time when proceeding from the youngest (30-39-year-olds) to the oldest (80+ yrs) age groups. This decline was more pronounced in the multiple-choice test than in the simple test. In both test conditions, movement times were shorter in men than in women. In the young and middle-aged groups, participants with longer formal education were faster than the less educated subjects. Conclusions On the basis of the large representative random sample of this study, it may be co…
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In an SRT task requiring subjects to lift their finger and press a target button after stimulus appearance, Era et al. (2011) found larger age-related changes in the movement phase than in the detection phase.
“In addition, in an SRT task where subjects were required to lift their finger and press a target button following the appearance of a stimulus, Era et al. (2011) found larger age-related changes in the movement phase than in the detection phase.”
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Era et al. (2011) found larger sex differences in the movement phase than in the detection phase of reaction time studies.
“In a recent study, Era et al. (2011) found larger sex differences in the movement phase than in the detection phase of reaction time studies.”
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Woods, D. L., Wyma, J. M., Yund, E. W., Herron, T. J., & Reed, B. (2015) · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnhum.2015.00131 · Cited by 336 · see citing works
“Previous studies have uniformly found significant age-related increases in SRT latencies (Wilkinson and Allison, 1989; Fozard et al., 1994; Inui, 1997; Anstey et al., 2005; Commodari and Guarnera, 2008; Deary et al., 2010; Godefroy et al., 2010; Era et al., 2011; Dykiert et al., 2012a; see Table 1).”
BackgroundResultInfluentialAge-related slowing of response selection and production in a visual choice reaction time task
Woods, D. L., Wyma, J. M., Yund, E. W., Herron, T. J., & Reed, B. (2015) · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnhum.2015.00193 · Cited by 130 · see citing works
“This is in agreement with many studies that find larger absolute and relative age-related increases in CRT latencies than SRTs (Yordanova et al., 2004; Anstey et al., 2005; Deary and Der, 2005; Deary et al., 2010; Era et al., 2011).”
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- Authors
- Era, P., Sainio, P., Koskinen, S., Ohlgren, J., Härkänen, T., & Aromaa, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Jyväskylä (FI)
- Corresponding author
- Era, Pertti
- Venue
- Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
- Published
- 2011-04
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 135-144
- ISSN
- 1594-0667 (ISSN-L)
- 1720-8319
- OpenAlex
- W2087821734
- Cited by
- 32
- References
- 2
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- FWCI
- 3.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Aging Clinical and Experimental Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Older Adults Driving Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Keywords
- psychomotor speed, aging, decision time, movement time, multiple-choice tests, educational attainment, sex differences, age-related decline, Finnish population
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Decision Making, Educational Status, Female, Finland, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Movement, Psychomotor Performance, Reaction Time
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